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Hello, i have "a" has many "b", "b" has many "c", and "c" has many "d" Now... "d" is a user model, and I have a current_user helper method defined. If i navigate to an "a" show page, how can I make sure that my current_user ("d") is part of that "a"? meaning how can i make sure that

Right now in my view, I have a whole HUGE clump of <% if current_user %> and then <% if current_admin %> and then <% if current_teacher %> and then all that other stuff in my view. I have a ginourmous chunk of if and else statements in my views... is there a way to make it prettier? The if and else''s almost all have the same functions, expect for some minor changes.

Hey The guys at the searchlogic google groups seem to be asleep -.- They didnt'' grant me permission to post yet. But anyways, right now, I followed the searchlogic tutorial found here -http://www.binarylogic.com/2008/09/07/tutorial-pagination-ordering- and-searching-with-searchlogic/ however, in that tutorial, the results of the find displays all my items, before i even search for